Juan Garrido
Conquistador
Juan Garrido was an Afro-Spaniard conquistador known as the first documented black person in what would become the United States. Born in West Africa, he went to Portugal as a young man. In converting to Catholicism, he chose the Spanish name Juan... Wikipedia
Born: May 29, 1487, West Africa
Died: 1550 (age 63 years), New Spain
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Sep 19, 2017 · Juan Garrido a.k.a "Handsome John" was an free African conquistador who worked alongside Ponce de Leon for thirteen years.
Juan Garrido (c. 1480 – c. 1550) was an Afro-Spaniard conquistador known as the first documented black person in what would become the United States.
Garrido was born circa 1480 on the coast of West Africa and went to Lisbon as a free young man. According to Alegría, he was probably the son of a king who ...
Under Cortés, Garrido journeys to the Pacific coast and Baja California. He is placed in charge of a number of African and indigenous slaves brought as ...
Feb 5, 2024 · 22 likes, 1 comments - joytripproject on February 5, 2024: "Juan Garrido was an African conquistador, born in the Kingdom of Kongo in 1487.
Oct 9, 2020 · In the early 1500s, a West African man named Juan Garrido joined the ranks of Spanish explorers who ventured out in hopes of discovering new ...